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See the page now
See the page, I have responded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.217.235.136 (talk) 21:59, 18 March 2021 (UTC) What happened why not fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.217.235.136 (talk) 11:54, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Inline clean-up tags script
Hello @SD0001, DannyS712, and Enterprisey. A while back I made a userscript suggestion and it seemed that there was some interest to potentially develop it. I was just wondering if it was possible to get a status update on this effort?
I understand you are volunteers, just like almost everyone on Wikipedia, and you develop what interests you, so please don't take this message as a demand or me trying to put pressure on you. I have no expectations that anyone will develop anything I've suggested. I'm only checking to make sure I've not missed a release or a beta testing opportunity. Thank you for all your efforts on all your scripts. Melmann 10:13, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
- Well I didn't get anywhere. What I came up with was too restrictive to be even worth uploading. So basically what it did was that it would allow the user to place a tag after some text the user selected on the page. But it wouldn't work if the text selected included any links or templates or any other markup. Even worse, if the same text appeared on the page multiple times, it wouldn't be able to know where to place the tag. I'll ask around and see if anyone has ideas on how to script this properly. – SD0001 (talk) 15:52, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the update and your efforts. If you indeed arrive at something that can be tested, please ping me. Melmann 15:20, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
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Lemonys-cricket (talk) 07:41, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Surplus warning
I was wondering why you warned this user. I'd already left them a warning, and they haven't edited again. Generally we don't leave a second warning unless they're continuing to edit in an unhelpful way, or other problems are found. Warning them a second time for the same edits (with an increase in warning level) is a bit WP:BITE-y. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 22:39, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
- @BlackcurrantTea: You're right. I was going thought the page history and noticed I did not warn the user for previous removal of content, so I issued the warning for the edits I reverted (prior to yours). However, the IPs are different, and that fact escaped me at the time. Although it's likely that it is the same individual, we cannot know that, so my warning is inappropriate. I've rolled back my edit. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Melmann 22:51, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking care of that. It's almost certainly the same person, and if they keep on, they can be warned again. The pending changes protection may convince them to give up; one can hope. Cheers, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 23:20, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
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Recent change
Hi Melmann, I apologize if this is in the wrong area. You recently rejected a change I made, stating that the change was not constructive. What does that mean in this case?
I believe that the self-defense claim is not gun related because self-defense encompasses someone defending their self (or someone else) with or without any weapon. Also, the specific law on the castle doctrine does not mention guns or weapons. The other gun laws in the Ohio gun law page specifically mention guns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.171.46 (talk • contribs) 21:29, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
- @74.140.171.46: Removing the stand your ground from list of gun laws did not seem right to me as such laws seem to have the express purpose of preventing criminalisation of self defence using guns.
Generally speaking, on Wikipedia, editors are encouraged to be bold, but when somebody challenges your edit, you should be ready to defend the purpose or appropriateness of the edit on the article's talk page. This sometimes referred to as BRD (bold, revert, discuss) cycle. I suggest you make your case why the edit is appropriate or what change you propose on the talk page and start a discussion to work out a consensus position.Melmann 19:44, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
May 2021
How is it disruptive? We don't need to hide the name of the album, like in the page for "Floating Through Space". 188.148.229.11 (talk) 10:50, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Francisco Partners
Hello, Melmann. You previously left me valuable feedback on an edit request I made to update the Francisco Partners article. I have an outstanding update I requested on the Francisco Partners Talk page. At the bottom of an ongoing discussion, you will see I am hoping editors can update the amount of committed capital Francisco Partners has raised, as well as its offices. Are you willing to review that request and incorporate the changes into the live article if you agree with them? I will not make my own updates to the page as I respect the rules in place for my conflict of interest as an employee of Francisco Partners. Thanks for any consideration. Janice at FP (talk) 22:16, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Janice at FP: I will have a look, but I currently have less time to edit Wikipedia than I used to, and this means I'd rather avoid getting engaged in edits which would require lots of effort to defend (and COI/Paid edits tend to be those). Melmann 11:37, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you
@Melmann Thank you very much for your help and your explanation of how to deal with privacy concerns in the future. I am truly really grateful 16:49, 15 June 2021 (UTC)